I remember when I first heard of this series during my freshman year. It was like 2008? Anyway, all these girls were gushing about how great it was. I picked it up and started reading it and it was...entertaining, I guess. But nothing spectacular at all. I really hated Zoey from the start. I actually took the Universal Mary Sue Litmus test for her and she scored over one hundred. Anything over fifty should be 'killed dead' according to the test. I really hate this series above all of the series I've ever read. Riddled with cliches, stereotypes, and just flat out stupidity, I cannot believe this has so many positive reviews. I could eat alphabet soup and crap out a better book. But she (to me) is the mother of all Mary Sues. She's all chosen by Nyx, and Nyx's incarnate or whatever, and then the reincarnation of that weird clay doll used to lure the raven dude back down into the earth. I think she's something else, too (I wouldn't be surprised if she was like Jesus' lost sister or something, I wouldn't put it past those idiotic 'authors' to do something like that.) But yeah. Whenever I hear someone say they love this series, I lose mental respect for them.
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Date: 2012-09-15 07:53 pm (UTC)